Lots of Vitamin C? I see results.

[George999]

Well, here's my personal opinion:  1)  I have seen no convincing evidence that Vitamin C is helpful for Peyronie's.  That does not mean that it is not helpful.  It only means that I have not seen any real convincing evidence that it is.  It *might* be helpful to some people and not others.  2)  I really do NOT consider the whole argument about collagen applicable to Peyronie's.  The problem of abnormal collagen deposition in the case of Peyronie's is due to metabolic issues.  Supplements affecting collagen are not, in and of themselves, likely to make that problem better OR worse because of any effect they may have on collagen in my opinion.  I believe that the whole issue of "collagen", like the issue of "circulation" is a canard.  The real issues surrounding Peyronie's are things like inflammation and immune response.  Things that aggravate inflammation can aggravate Peyronie's and things that lower inflammation levels can alleviate Peyronie's symptoms.  Things that alter immune function can either aggravate or alleviate Peyronie's symptoms.  I have NEVER seen any evidence that addressing either collagen or circulation issues has any effect on Peyronie's at all.  Others here will stridently disagree, but this is, nevertheless my opinion.  Disclaimer:  I am not a doctor, but have been dealing with Peyronie's as a patient for around six years.

My advice:  If Vitamin C seems to be helpful to you, keep taking it and don't pay a whole lot of attention to the collagen issue.  IF you take lots of Vitamin C, make sure you are taking plenty of magnesium as well to help protect your kidneys from oxalates.  On the other hand, if you want something that really works, try Pentoxifylline.  There are a NUMBER of guys around here who will vouch for the effectiveness of Pentoxifylline.  And there is some evidence that Pentoxifylline may work even better when taken concurrently with Alpha Tocopherol.  Aside from that VED and Traction have shown good results around here over the long term for MANY guys.

[keepbatmangritey]

OK so I have a dilema I have been taking large amounts of Vitiman C 5000% for my septal peyronies which runs right above the entire length of my urethra its like a metsl cable in my penis. The problem is that I noticed it working in that I suppose the accidity was softenting and breaking the plauqe and everything was going well till I read that Vitamin c is bad for peyronies because it helps produce collagen which is what plauqe is mostly made of, however there are 3 types of collagen and I feel like its being oversimplified.
but then I read somewhere that vitamin c increases the qulity of collagen so your body uses less plauqe wheras if your collagen defficent your body will use whatever it can find resulting in exess plauqe of poor quality. So im at a cross roads because i noticed vitamin c helping but it could either make it worse or better.